Care Guides

Keeping and breeding cherry shrimp

How to keep and breed Neocaridina cherry shrimp: stable water, a sponge filter, botanicals and biofilm, the right food and minerals, and safe tankmates.

Betta care: tank size, heat, and why not a bowl

How to keep a betta properly: the right tank size, a heater to hold tropical temperature, gentle filtration, good food, and why a bowl falls short.

Keeping fish alive through an Alberta winter po...

Keep your fish alive through an Alberta winter power outage: battery air pumps, insulating the tank, holding off feeding, and safely restarting when power returns.

Live aquarium plants for beginners that actuall...

The easiest live aquarium plants for beginners: Anubias, Java fern, crypts, Vals and moss, plus substrate, light and fertiliser tips to keep them alive.

Aquarium water changes: how much, how often, an...

How much water to change in your aquarium, how often, and how to do it properly: dechlorinator, gravel vacuuming, temperature matching and a simple schedule.

Beating algae: identify it, then fix the cause

Beat aquarium algae for good by identifying the type and fixing the real cause: light, photoperiod and nutrients, not just scrubbing the symptoms away.